Join the Morris County Historical Society on Thursday, Sept. 11, 4-7 p.m. for a 1920s Speakeasy Night, an evening celebration of its current exhibit Bottoms Up: Cocktails, Cider, and Civil Rights in Morristown.

The evening features light refreshments, historically-inspired spirituous beverages, 1920s-themed tours of Acorn Hall, and at 5 p.m., Professor Peter Mabli of Fairleigh Dickinson University is on tap with a lecture on the history of whiskey.

Bottoms Up: Cocktails, Cider, and Civil Rights follows Morris County’s tavern, hotel, and restaurant culture from the rise of Florham Park’s infamous Canary Cottage during Prohibition through to the day Randolph’s Saltz Hotel closed its doors.

The exhibit looks at a diverse 60 year period from 1918 through 1978 in Morris County that included Prohibition, the development of African-American taverns, the first LGBT bar in northern New Jersey, and the Jewish culture of the Mount Freedom “Borscht Belt” resorts.

Admission for the 1920s Speakeasy Night is $15 for non-MCHS members, and $8 for MCHS members.

For more information about this special event, call the Morris County Historical Society at 973-267-3465. The Society is located at Acorn Hall, 68 Morris Ave.